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Lotto Strike · draw

Monday, 18 May 2020

ResultLotto Strike

Single source
  1. 13
  2. 16
  3. 20
  4. 21

JackpotA$360,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules4/45 · since Oct 2019draw 88 of 1,224 under them

← 2020-05-16All recent draws2020-05-20 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed13 16 20 2129 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 May 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

29oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 29 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 7% of every possible ticket.

  • sum20th
  • odd48th
  • low97th
  • widest gap1th
  • neighbours87th
  • spread1th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 8 of each

139times
1610times
206times
214times

Every number was expected about that many times after 87 draws, and they scatter around it. Warm means more than expected, cool means fewer — and a cold number arriving is exactly what cold numbers do.

Prize breakdown · 2020-05-18

  • Paid outA$29.5Kto 6.2k winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$360K

Where the money went

  • 214%A$4.3K
  • 365%A$19.2K
  • 420%A$6K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 10A$360,000
  2. 23

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Its nearest twin

Shares 2 of 4 numbers (16, 20) with the draw of 23 March 2020 — its closest relative in 87 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 95% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 May 2020): 16 carried over. Chance says 32% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

70

The numbers add up to 70 — the 19th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 92. Side-by-side numbers: 20–21. 25% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

21 had not appeared for 38 draws. A number waits about 11 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →

How many people held it

A line like this is played about 1.4× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 0% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
A$1,426
  • 3201A$95.75
  • 46,008A$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$360,000
    23A$1,426
    3201A$95.75
    46,008A$1.00